FOOTBALL RIOT
ROUGHS FIRE 'THE BOXES. AND INJURE EIGHTY PEOPLE. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, April 19. (Received April 20, at 9.10 a.m.) As the Scottish cup final at Hampden Park (Glasgow) was twice declared drawn, the spectators demanded that extra time be given. This was refused ; thereupon the mob fired the barricades and pay boxes, cut the fire brigade hoses, and threw stones and bottles. Eighty persons were injured, including forty police.
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Evening Star, Issue 14038, 20 April 1909, Page 6
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72FOOTBALL RIOT Evening Star, Issue 14038, 20 April 1909, Page 6
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